ADR and family cases

Already the year is moving towards its end. I have returned from a lengthy summer break…

The uses of adversity

So Trinity Term draws to an end and the Long Vacation beckons. A very long one…

Costs and group litigation-The video

Last week I was in the Court of Appeal, and then immediately laid flat on my…

Costs and group litigation

On 15th June 2023 Erica Bedford and I will be giving a talk on costs and…

The page unwritten

Criminal costs cases are always interesting. In the case of The Lord Chancellor v Lam &…

Chicken supreme

Enforceability challenges have an enduring appeal in costs litigation. They are also protean and have taken…

The unforgiving hour

If you can fill the unforgiving minute. With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, Yours is the…

On a pale horse

As long ago as 2009, The Guardian reported that banks and solicitors were charging £1.25 billion…

Sea Lords of Malta

Easter has now been and gone. I have returned from a very welcome break on the…

Of herbs and stewed rabbit

Spring has reached the riverlands. Each day the sky seems to become bluer, and the foliage…